⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 29 from three
- A 17-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 49
- Beaten inside, 34 points in the paint to 54
A 13-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 10 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 0:53 · ORL 30-25 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 10
Q4 4:58 · ORL 98-108 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 18
Q2 5:27 · ORL 40-58 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
